UCI Men’s Soccer

UC Irvine vs.

UC Santa Barbara

When: Tonight, 7 p.m.

Where: At UC Santa Barbara

Key Anteaters: Sr. MF-F Irving Garcia (seven goals, nine assists); Jr. F Amani Walker (nine goals, three assist); Jr. F Spencer Thompson (six goals, four assists); Sr. F Carlos Aguilar (five goals, six assists).

Breakdown: The No. 26-ranked Anteaters (14-6), the No. 3 seed in the four-team Big West Conference Tournament, meet top-seeded UC Santa Barbara (15-3-2) in the tournament final ... Tonight’s winner earns the conference’s automatic berth in the 64-team NCAA Tournament, though the loser is a good bet to get an at-large bid ... UCI blitzed to a 4-0 halftime lead and won, 4-2, in last year’s inaugural Big West Tournament final at UCI ... UCSB posted a pair of 1-0 victories over UCI this season (Sept. 27 at UCSB and Oct. 31 in Irvine) ... Carlos Aguilar scored both goals in UC Irvine’s 2-0 semifinal win Wednesday at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo ... UC Santa Barbara topped Cal State Northridge, 1-0, in its semifinal match ... David Walker, Michael Nonni and Danny Barrera all lead the No. 4-ranked Gauchos with 18 points ... UC Santa Barbara is hard to beat at home this season, as it is 9-1 on its field.

— Barry Faulkner